On Jan 28, 2009 14:21 +0100, Michael Ruepp wrote: > at this point we are using Quantum Storenext as our production > filesystem because of its multiplatform capabilities (Windows/Mac). > We already own SAM-FS/QFS but I consider implementing Lustre as second > tier to swap temporarily production data from our fast/small CVFS to big > and cheap Lustre (as well as bringing in raw media data for preselection > and to keep it there for security purpose during postproduction phase). > After that we want to tape it to our Storagetek Tape Library with SAM- > FS/QFS > But I want to keep things simple and thus my question: > Is it possible to use Lustre as substitution for QFS, so could I stay > with 3 tiers or do I have to implement QFS as third, Tape Library as > fourth?
Lustre currently doesn't support HSM functionality, but this is a project we are working on with CEA. CEA is developing the main HSM infrastructure and the Lustre->HPSS interface, and it is expected that a Lustre->SAM interface will be available shortly thereafter. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc. _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
